Tee yips

had exactly the same issues. left all my woods at home and brought a Ping Crossover. Then I had lessons to make sure mind and swing were right with the driver, practised on the range, on the course by myself and in non pressure matches. I have three real things to focus on. Take away low and slow. Right knee flexed. relax and don't freeze on the tee. I have started to introduce the driver off the tee now, but I carefully choose the holes to make sure if it goes wrong I minimise the risk/damage. last Saturday, I really saw the work paying off and ended the round - according to Garmin - with a 271 uphill drive on the 18th centre fairway. So you can do it.
 
this came up on a search for some other stuff - but maybes should be of some help

nb. my take on the 'down' tee ball driver height spoken about would be the top of the leading edge of face at the crown level with the equator of ball

[video=youtube;QNoRxWhAwt4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNoRxWhAwt4[/video]
 
the_coach said:
during the time since it started you had a systematic same timed repeated psr? including picking a real definitive target as opposed to just thinking middle somewheres ?

if this is a mental anxiety issue now - best ways around that my take is both making a small change in psr (if keep trying to repeat what always did work but now doesn't then stuff probably not goin to change) and also in focus of thought process

difficult to say what that 'new physical trigger' for the on the tee box to make the swing would/could be not knowing what the 'norm' has been or is now

but say if for instance the driver head behind the ball has always been rested on the ground - change to hovering it - or if always hovered then start off sole at rest on the ground but then lifting vertically up a tad off the ground then tap the ground with the sole and repeat tap motion maybes 2, maybes 3 times then think 'complete' as a single swing thought

if you been ringing the changes a whole bunch with 'drivers used' so it changes every couple outings try canning that and picking one and sticking with it

maybes the biggest help could be changing the focus on the tee box from 'internal' (worrying/thinking about the swing motion and the shot consequences) to a focus completely 'external' so the target - but has to be the smallest definitive target so a particular point on the horizon or if can see the landing area a particular small area to land the ball left or right of fairway - or a very definite line over a bush, bunker whatever it is and/or just picture a 10' square some 30 yards that the ball is going to travel through or picture a 10' square at teh apex of flight the ball goin to start to fall to the ground through

my take would still need a definite repeatable psr that always takes the same 8/10/12 secs (whatever) to complete - pick definitive target/line or where that 10' square in the air is always from behind the ball & maybes introduce one full rehearsal swing at 50%/60% but that swing still from that behind the ball position - so when you stepped up to the ball and into set-up thinking only of target there's nothing to interrupt that flow - one look, two, three whatever number picked stays the same and as soon as the eyes return to the ball the swing starts but the 'thought' is still that target

as practice (no ball) maybes worth spending some time putting yourself in a complete balanced driver finish position from set-up (no swing) holding that for a slow count of 3 - then back to address and straightways making a swing to that finish position you just seconds ago have been in - and again holding the finish this time after the swing for that slow count of 3

if you got an 'orange whip' or some of those weight sleeves to fit around the hosel of old driver maybes worth while every week spending some time making complete 50% ' full swings' backswing/thruswing/backswing/thruswing as a rep of 10 in continuous motion

if you don't have one maybes the Pro at Club or driving range would let you borrow an orange whip for your practice session if not in use at the time

would think transferring the thought process on the tee-box away from internal to external - but gotta to be a smallish defined target could be a real big help - but it might not produce results straight off may take little working at it

on practice with driver Davis Love III's dad used to set him (and his brothers) an exercise he had to do every session
he had to start with a full swing, teed up normal (motion just as long and full as his normal swing) but starting around 30% effort only to make center contact so send ball out on line - swing had to finish as a full normal swing would so no sawn off end a couple balls at this then same at 40% etc up to 80% - all had to be full length swings - center contact - start on line stay on line -
not a very easy drill to do but the 'change' of having to do that in practice may help some

if can get out on a quiet time on the course maybes pick 2 holes you can use driver on that run up then down (loop) use 2 balls - 1st one with 3 metal 2nd with driver - with external focus on defined target but on the '1st' hole you can only make a full swing with each at 40% on the second both at 60% and repeat round loop couple times at 40%/60% on what's going to be the last tee box of the session 2 balls 3m/driver at 80%
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Coach I skip all your posts because they are just way too long which is a shame because I'm sure your talk some sense:thup:
 
No driver in my bag, on a good day I'll hit my 3-wood as far as I'll hit my driver only more consistently so no point in carrying the extra baggage as far as I'm concerned !...:thup:
 
bobmac said:
Sorry, I misread your reply and missed 'downwind'

What do you play off?
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5 Bob..

played Sunday and we had a slight westerly and it was a whole diff story.


the holes ive been struggling with on the back 9 went
10 birdie, 12 par, 16 par, 17 par, 18 birdie. used the driver on 10 and 12 and hit good drives on both. used the 2 iron on 16,17 18 as i didn't need it on 17 and 18.. sixteen i chickend out of as the green are rock hard and where the pin was you would struggle to stop even a wedge, still only hit 7 iron in which landed on the fringe and rolled out to middle of the greem
 
I've had this for quite some time but starting to come out the other side of it now.

It wasn't just driver for me, it got to be almost any club off the tee at one point. Stick me on the fairway with an iron or 3w and I'd hit decent shots. Again no issues on the range either.

It was definitely more a mental thing with me which would lead to me just tightening up, getting too quick in the back swing, snatching at it in the downswing and then almost quitting on it at impact. Really jerky.

When things would go wrong I'd also get over analytical. Trying to work out what was going wrong which just made things worse as I'd be standing over the ball with 10 swing thoughts and it got to the point sometimes where I almost couldn't take the club away. I'd have to back off and restart which drove my PP's mad sometimes.

I do have a good PSR which I follow religiously, but off the tee I just focus more on tempo and try and keep things smooth.
 
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